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He Sees Our Motives

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12

“Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.” 1 Cor. 4:5

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and...

You Don’t Need to Know

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 4:5-6

One day the Lord told me to do something. I did it. A few days later, I thought about it. It didn’t really make much sense to me. Now the way I see things being the human that I am, I figure I should know the reason behind whatever I do. Particularly if it’s not my idea to do something. Most especially when it’s the Lord’s idea. His...

Don’t Go Down that Path!

“May my meditation be sweet to Him;
I will be glad in the Lord.” Psalm 104:34

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” Philippians 4:8

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” P...

When Sunshine is Stolen

“I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalm 34:1

Know what happened one day when I commented to someone with whom I crossed paths about all the seemingly never ending day after day of rain? The person immediately responded how fortunate we were the weather was so warm. Instead of just dealing with the rain, the person said, we could have also had really cold weather. Want to know something? I was so caught up in the rain I didn’t like that I neglec...

God Will Use Granola Bars

“Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23

 “And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15

God commissions His followers to tell the world about Him, to spread the Gospel message of the Lord Jesus Christ, to help build His Kingdom of followers, to edify His followers, to help His followers grow in our relationships with Him, to testify of His...

No New Year’s Resolutions for Me

“and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Cor. 5:15

“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;” Col. 1:9

I stopped making New Year’s resolutions years ago. Not because I believe there’s anything wrong with making them. Nor because I wasn’t always so very good at...

The Water Lady Story

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4:7

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Mt. 5:16

Sometimes it seems like it will never stop raining. Like the day I decided to pick up a few items at a store not so much because I really needed anything right then and there but mostly because I had felt pretty cooped up in the hotel room given the day after d...

Is Your Life Falling Apart?

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6

” “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his hous...

Why I Love My Writing

“For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy...

Should I Quit?

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 3:12-14

Just when the Lord is moving me forward in ministry like never before, and growi...